MICHAEL W. DEAN

Category: Tools

  • Mrs. Dean’s Ginger-Toffee Cookies

    My wife makes me these awesome cookies every Christmas, yum! Mrs. Dean’s Ginger-Toffee Cookies Yummy, chewy, very spicy cookies with a festive crinkled appearance. Great for the holidays. 3 cups flour 2 ½ tsp ginger 2 tsp baking soda 3 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp ground cloves ½ tsp salt 2 sticks butter 1 cup packed…

  • People should hire me to name things….

    Kinda cool thing I just realized, I named something! In 2008 when the Zoom H2 recorder came out, I dubbed it the “Studio on a Stick” in my O’Reilly Media column, and a Google search shows that “Studio on a stick” has now become the defacto nickname for the Zoom H2. –Michael W. Dean

  • Free-Speech Kit (including gun)

    They say that the Second Amendment protects the First Amendment. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. –Thomas Jefferson Or, if you’re not someone who depends on old dried pieces of parchment to “grant you…

  • Microphone And Mixer Suggestions For Podcasting And Low-Power Radio

    My background: I do podcasting, digital recording and have done low-power community radio. I also used to sing in bands, have done 13 records between 1985 and now, one of those records was on Warner Brothers. And many people who hear my current podcast, FREEDOM FEENS Podcast say it’s the best-sounding podcast they’ve ever heard.…

  • Welcome to the revamp of Michael W Dean dot com

    Howdy everyone, I’ve had this website for a while, but have decided to revamp it, WordPress-afy it, SEO it, and move stuff from a bunch of expiring domains here. I’m realizing that in this day and age when times are tough, smart independent artists don’t need to have 20 or 30 domain names registered, so…